When you are preparing for your next client or project, your first thought is to make sure you send a compelling (and appealing) message to your audience. Aside from your content, there is another (simple) way to sell yourself - make it look good and make it look like quality! Chaotic and messy presentations can easily turn your audience away and not hear a word you are saying. How many times have you sat in front of a presentation that just looked awful? Next please...

I can be scatterbrained 99.99% of the time, so writing things out is important to me. Sure, it's easy to type up a list on the computer but there's nothing better than having a piece of paper with your notes laid out in front of you on your desk.

I think we can all say that we would love to make six-figures in one year. Even better, what about six-figures in one year as an entrepreneur? Well, Melyssa went ahead and killed both dreams. She made six-figures in one month. Are you kidding me?? Rewind. What am I doing with my life when there is THAT much opportunity to make money while doing something I love?

Outside of your home, your office is really your predominant living space. Whether its in a corporate office or an at home office, there are ways to tweak up the indoor scenery with some simple, clean and minimal free resources. Here are some of my favorites. The creators of these creative freebies are linked directly. Check them out!

Minimizing doesn't mean go through every single item you own and start throwing things away like a crazy person. It's a journey and it does take time. But the point is to clean away the areas in your life where you feel weighed down or unhappy. Minimizing has made me feel lighter in many ways. It can be in your relationships, your clothes, your food, or your time.

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If anyone were to ask me what my absolute favorite tool is to run my creative business, hands down Adobe Illustrator. I don't think I could work without. It's a nice medium across all design platforms. I can easily edit and create products that I could also create in Photoshop and Indesign.What makes it better? It's all personal preference but I believe Illustrator is a little more user-friendly. With this tool, you can boost your visual appeal online in a matter of hours!

Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.

I wouldn’t say a minimalist has to be a free spirit with a non-corporate job. The two guys who started The Minimalist blog were both in corporate America with 6-figure paying jobs. They started their journey after experiencing loss. It was about figuring out what makes them happy. And they realized it wasn’t something they could buy that would make them happy. So they did the opposite.

So simple and chic, looking at her I see an artist, travel guru, business owner, MBA degree holder, fabulous and foreign (being born in Germany; with her first language–Turkish). This chick is maximizing her 20’s with a minimalism-mindset. I needed to write myself a referral for a consult—her remedy for killing her 20’s was a need to know.

If you are an aspiring web designer with no design background or a recent graduate with no client experience, don't worry... There is still a way to build your portfolio and make it look "experienced". All it takes is practice (and this is coming from someone who comes from an accounting background). So yes there is hope in building an awesome portfolio with little to no work experience. Here are some tips and techniques to use to create more content for your portfolio.